Proposed ram raid law 'leads nowhere good', Children's Commissioner says - a podcast by RNZ

A pipeline to prison is how in the incoming Chief Children's Commissioner is describing a proposed ram raid law. The bill, amending the Crimes Act, would see ram raid sentences of up ten years in jail and would give police the power to prosecute children as young as twelve. It's a Labour government bill that was anounced in the lead up to the election and submissions on it closed last week. But Mana Mokopuna, the Children and Young Peoples Commission says a criminal repsonse is not the solution to the problem. Its Deputy Chief Children's Commissioner Dr Claire Achmad speaks to Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6339884937112

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